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Basic hat pin tutorial

Friday, 13 January 2012

VERY BASIC HATPIN MAKING TUT......

Hi I was asked if the hatpins that are featured in my candy are easy to make and did i have a tutorial for them....well thanks hilde for asking and so i have made this very ..basic...one for you to have a go at and use up all those excess beads you have lying about.

assemble the tools and findings... flat nosed pliers ,a spacer bead[i used a daisy spacer[top right] ,a crimp bead [middle right ] a small gold bead.[bottom right] an eye pin[i used a 50mm] and a selection of beads

starting with the daisy spacer thread your beads onto the eye pin in the formation you like

push them all to the top of your eye pin and add your tiny crimp bead so it is the last thing you put on the pin....then take your pliers and squash the crimp bead flat so it keeps the beads in place on the pin...if the beads move a bit which sometimes does happen you can add a dab of clear glue to keep them still I told you it was easy have fun tracey x